Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Yeater (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Germany. One immigrant ancestor was Conrad Yeater (1769-1834), In 1789, he married Sarah Honeyman in Hampshire County, Virginia. They had ten children. They lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky and later moved to Missouri. Some focus is on (but not limited to) another ancestor, Zadock or Zedoc Yeater of Hurricane Township,...

"Since 1191, Uolricus and Cuno de Gravinsried are the first mentioned of record, both by given and surname. The village of Grafenried, near Bern, is the first ancestral home of the family in Switzerland, and as early as the thirteenth century they were most numerous in that locality."--p. 18. Christopher (VI) deGraffenried was the first of the family to settle permanently in America. He married Barbara Tempest (née Needham) in 1714 at Charleston,...

Michael Wittel was born in 1797 in Betzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany. His parents were Johann Wittel and Anna Stump. He emigrated in 1818 and married Nancy Frownfelter in about 1823, probably in Pennsylvania. They had five children and lived in Cranberry Township, Crawford County, Ohio. Michael died in 1877. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and elsewhere.

Micajah Gwartney (ca. 1750-1818) moved from Virginia to Kentucky in the early 1800's, and eventually purchased land in Corydon, Indiana by early 1815. Micajah and his wife Elizabeth " ... were both 45 and up in 1810. ... [He] died between August 1818 and November 1818. ... [Elizabeth] probably died between 1820 and 1830."--P. 6. Some descendants became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Descendants and relatives lived...

Andrew Warner came to America about 1630 settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a follower of Thomas Hooker, an avid Puritan. His descendants live in the northeastern part of the United States.

John Mallett immigrated to South Carolina from Rochelle, France in 1687. Daniel Mallett, a descendant,(1790-1845) married Clarissa Jones, daughter of John Jones of Milford, Connecticut, in 1813. They moved from New York to Connecticut to Ohio. They appeared in the 1830 U.S. Census for Ohio County, West Virginia but were back in Ohio by 1840. Daniel Mallett died 28 May 1845. His wife Clarissa Jones Mallett died 26 August 1876. "Daniel and Clarissa's...

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Kimball (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England to America. Some focus is on the ancestors and descendants of Richard Kimball and Ursula Scott. Their ten children were born ca. 1615-1639. They left Rattlesden, Suffolk County (England) in 1634, and settled Watertown, Massachusetts. The family later moved to Ipswich, ca. 1637. Later descendants also lived...

Samuel Sherrill (1633-1719) immigrated from England to East Hampton, Long Island, New York, and married a Miss Parsons (daughter of Samuel Parsons). Descendant and relatives lived in New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and elsewhere. Includes some family history and some genealogical records regarding Sherrill individuals and families in England.

William Diehl immigrated from Germany (via Rotterdam) to Philadelphia in 1738, and settled in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He moved later to Lincoln (now Catawba) County, North Carolina, and married twice. Descendant "Enoch M. Rogers first settled in Ellendale township, Alexander county, North Carolina. About the year 1890 he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and with his entire family removed to Manassa, Colorado, a Mormon community,...